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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

If we pray for any earthly bless
ing we must pray for it solely ''if it
he Gods will, if it be for our high
est good!" but for all the best
thir gs we may pray without mis-
giving, without reservation, certain
that if we ask God will grant them,
for what we desire we ask, and what
ask we aim ct, and what we aim at
we shall attain. No man ever yet
asked to be, as the days pass by,
more and more noble, and sweet,
and pure, and heavenlyminded, no
man ever yet prayed that the evil
spirits of hatred, and pride, and
passion, and worldiness might be
cast out of his soul. without his pc
tition being granted and granted to
the letter.-F. w. Farrar.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

railway through the Andes to Val
paralso. This will reduce the pres
ent time of travel from fourteen
days to two and half and make
the whole Pacific coast seek Buenos
Ayres as an entrepot for Europe.
"Our soil, ] ought to say in con-
clusion, is so fertile that in the
sheep-raislng districts it will sup
port four sheep to the acre. The
wheat and corn lands are equally
rich as those in Nebraska or Kan
sasn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

A Louisville paper says recently
"Should Newfoundland secede from
England and join the United States,
it will be big thing for us. New
foundland dogs will be cheaper
And cheap dogs will be a great
blessing to the poor. As is vel
known, the poorer people become,
the more dogs they require.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The New York Herald nomlnates
Henry w. Grady for second place
on the Cleveland ticket. Mr.. Ora
dy has played some fine ball on the
Atlanta Constitution. That is about
all that is known of him except one
after dinner speech which won him
distinction on account of its impu-
dence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Omaha Dame-And SO, my
daughter, you are engaged to MI.
De Goode. l am delighted. He
comes of a splendid family. Charm
ing daughter-Yes, he proposed
last night and L accepted. do you
love him? No, but that horrid
Miss Pert does.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Did you see that woman in Ben
hanan's pew this morning with ali
her mind centered on her new bon
net?' asked the deacon. No,
dear" replied his wife, sweetly, 81
/ was too much taken up admlring
the man in Shelah's pew with his
whole soul fixed on his new gloves.
Then the deacon tried to talk about
the sermon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The modern drummer is not much
like the month Of March. March
is said to come in a lion and 60 oHt
a lamb, while the drummer comes
in q lyin' and goes out lying
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Twelve hens, we'll cared for, will
pay $25 profit in twelve months.
What a pretty, warm cloak that
would buy. Tell father to give you
twelve hens and you will buy your
own coat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Pastor-"Well, what did you
young people realize at your enter
tainmentY"
Member of the committee-"W e
have just realized that we are $25
out"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

"If misfortune overtake you
SMILE" advises a poet. That's all
we'll enough, but suppose misfor-
tune over takes you in a strictly
prohibition town?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

He who steals our purse is 4
prince in comparison to him who
steals our good name by malice and
SANDER, for such is 'worse than a
thief or robber."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12
The Way to Get Rich,

A land speculation. But" said
the wouldbe- purchaser, they tell
me that the land is covered by
swamp"
Swamp, why, Of course. It's
the richest land in the world"
"But how am l to get rid OF the
water?"
pump it off. .
eyes, hut then 1t will be on some
other mans land"
That's all right; let him pump
it off on to some one else's land
My dear sir, you should never be
bothered by what is on some other
mans land"
"The very thing syou want. The
best crops in the world are raised
that way. Pumping from first one
field to another brings about a mu-
tual system of irrigation. l got
rich that way"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12
Il Startled Him,

He was a clerk in a shoe store
but rather new to the business.
When q pretty girl tripped in and
asked for shoes he inquired polite
ly:
"What number do you wear?'
"Why, two of course" she snap
ped; chow many feet do you sup
pose 1 haveY'
"I-I-meant what size?' he
stammered.
ooh. size 3, and Divide" she
responded carelessly.
He tainted before a brother clerk
could explain that the wild b OF
shoes was regulated alphabetically
and no profanity was intended.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The caterpillar is q silk-spinner
and far before all other spinners i'll
creation. For the richest dresses
that we see we are indebted to the
silk. worm.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The love of truth is laudable, but
we must be careful not to mistake
for it the love of own opinion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Queen Victoria attended a circus
the other day for the first time in
thirty years. Yet she easily recog,
nized the jokes Of the clown as old
acquaintance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

His birthday party.-Boy-'Ain't
it time to eat the good things?
Enthusiastically not. You
must wait until your friends come"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

In cutting up an old COW butch
er always has hard time trying to
make both ends meat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Compliments to tailors ought as
rule to come under the head of fit
ting tributes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

1t is never too late to mend; but
a man cannot expect to have a but
ton sewed much after midnight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

How to keep the boys at home
induce some of the neighbors' girls
to run in often.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Never look a gift horse in the
mouth, and never inspect the heels
of mule of any description.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

There is nothing that so refnes
the face and mind like the presence
great thoughts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Strange as it may seem, when
money is close it is difficult to get
very near it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Right wrongs no man; though it
depends something on what you
write,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Silence is golden, but woman is
perfectly willing to take somebody
else's word for it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Since an old joke is called
chestnut why shouldn't an old bean
be called a walnut.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The poet evidently made a mis-
take. April showers bring forth
umbrellas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The superior man wishes to be
slow in his words, and earnest in
his conduct.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Hundreds would never have
known want if they had not first
know waste.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Cattle are demure, innocent look
ing creatures, but their language is
SlOW."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

3 Violent excitement exhausts the
mind and leaves it withered and
sterile.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Frozen whisky is sold at ten cts.
chunk at Redfeld, D. I, We
didn't suppose the inhabitants OF
that unfortunate region could let
whisky alone long enough for it to
freeze.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
A Description of the Country by Mer-
chant Of Buenos Ayres.
New York Herald.

"The popular impression regard
ing the city Of Buenos Ayres is
that it IS a mild, half civilized
place, not unlike an American
frontier town. There could be no
greater mistake
The speaker was Mr.. Charles H.
Sanford, a member of the firm of
Samuel B. Hale q Co, Of Buenos
Ayres.
"Buenos Ayres," Mr.. Sanford
continued, sis the Chicago of South
America. 1t is not a languorous,
tropical city, where siestas and day
dreams form the chief element of
existence. 1t is city as live, pro-
greesive and enterprising as any in
the northern or western states. 1t
has population of 100000. If its
ratio of increase shall continue IS it
has In the past we shall reach 900,-
600 in the next decade. The immi-
grafton to the Argentine Republic
is not less than 125,00 annually"
"trom what countries do these
people Gomez
81 might properly say from every
part of the civilized globe, but, as a
matter of fact, by far the great ma
jority are Italians. There are some
Irish and some English, French
and Germans amongst the imni
grants. But more numerous thar
all these combined are the Italians
They make good laborers. They
build our railways and canals. The
ranks of our porters, navvies, milk
men, brickmasons and carpenter;
are largely recruited from this
class. Our buildings are similar t.
those in Spain and Italy, with larg'
cOurtyards in the centre.
"The streets of Buenos Ayre
are laid out at right angles lik
those of Philadelphia. They ar
illuminated by gas and electri
lights for example. Nearly ever,
street that deserves the name i
connected with the rest Of the cit
by tramways, of which we have, b
the way, a greater number than an
other city in the world in proper
ton to it's inhabitants"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12
Warranted to wash-Chinamen.

A shining example to Indolent
boys-The boothlack.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

81 Good manners and morals are
worn friends and firm allies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Self love exaggerates both our
fanlts and our virtuess.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

The man who wears tight boots
never trem bles in his shoes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

We never live; we are always in
he expectation of living.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

An acorn grows on oaks, an ache
corn grows on folks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Piping times in Germany-5O0,-
06Q neerschaums made yearly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

When the employees in an In
diane furniture factory operated by
a German struck for eight hours
work day, he granted it, but when
they wanted ten hours pay for
eight hours work he called them w
and said: my freLs, maybe l do
ash You like. hat an order from
Shegago for ten dozen shairs
will sheep him eight dozen und bill
him for ten. II he doau' kick on
me it shows me dot de rule orks
both vhays aad We vhas all right
The idea didn't work, and his men
are receiving eight hours pay,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-05-12

Mr.. Winks-"I wish, Mrs. Winks,
you would read this article on The
duties of wives "
Mrs. Winks-"I haven't time
now. What does it say|
"Well, it says, for one thing, that
it is the duty of a wife to cultivat e
assimilation, and so far as possible,
have the same taste as her hus
band"
Il never thought OF that"
81 suppose not"
'No, but if you'll bring bottle
Of Whiskey home with you, III try"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
nanadc OF tne renitent..

.1r. who ha yr chat doubtful tread
Ard liStl-~- through the glad array
With lIu-uiI look, withSlroopiuy head
Iu al tlIS rout Ot ladies gay2
N,.vltS with them, but not as they.
Ar tlrry sadly n their tents,
Why fare W thus half hearted, say?''
1--WE are ST. Satau's Peuitentsl
"A ~fraitsr path we once would tread.
Through wl.ds that knew not OF the Nav.
INa loads that weighed on US like lead.
We bore through thorue and slouChs O,
cay.
$50 time hJd We 90 pause or play
With music ot ElId Instruments,
Iut still we Juhyred: Well a dayl
We are St. SJtJu'S Pcnitents.
o.. 'Is.e path Is over steep. we said,
'Ire rutGu. skies are aSueu gray.
And over la-~hIy are We sped,
~uE upward Ne'rr q stop nor s-ayr
We g.t-r .ur burdens al. away
We teu al1wu the steep asceuts,
We were awe Iry ct that way;
We are ST. SItau'S peuiteutS"
ENVOY.
Fair IS raa path and bright the d0y,
Nl.g' now we whisper our lameuts;
With backward glance We 20 astray,
Nra are s.. S1lau'S Pruitents-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
Bird Legends

Following are a few of the many bird
legends that peop,e with bright imagi-
nations and ready inventions have con-
nected with feathered musicians.
The poor cuckoo, whose mouUnful cry
sounds SO desolate in the quiet wood,
Is always mourning for the death of a
beloved brother. The cuckoo was
originally a beautiful young maiden.
She caused ter brothers. death unin-
tentionally, and was changed into the
bird whose sad cry is an expression OF
her bitter grief.
The owl was also once a beautiful
young girl. She was bakers daugh-
ter. One day good man, passing by,
asked for piece OF bread. She refused
it, and as punishment was changed
INTO an owl. In Germany the swallow
and the lark are sacred birds, and their
morning song Is considered hymn.
The nightingale, you know, only
sings at night. This was not so for.
merly. One night a nightingale fell
fast asleep, and the tendrils Of the vine
it sat upon grew round its feet, so that
it could not get away, and finally il
died. Since then the other nightln.
gales never dared sleep at night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
Cameo Cutting.

1t is SAID that the stone from which
canoes are cut-oAyX and sardonyX-
so plentiful on the Uruguay River, in
Brazil, that ships often take 1t away
as ballast. Nevertheless, perfect pieces
of large size are costly. a piece suitable
for large portrait costing as much as
seventy-ive dollars.
This stone is preferred for canoes be-
cause of its hardness and durability, and
is suitable for such work owing to the
fact that it comes in layers of contrast
ing color, as black and white. black
and cream, or red and white.
When the cut figure is sunk into the
stone instead of being raised. the cut
ting is called an intaglio. The cost OF
these gems is due to the time and skill
required in the work. Formerly a
small gem might occupy an artist for a
year or more, but with modern appli-
ances the work can be done much more
rapidly. Still, the ancient work bears
tie palm for artistic excellence.
The cutting is now done by holding
the stone against a revolving drill,
whose soft, steel face is covered with
diamond dust. No steel is hard
enough to cut the stone. The utmost
patience and caution and delicate
handling are required, as the slightest
slip may be fatal to the work.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
Bats in south America.

Bats are often regarded with as mach
horror as snakes; the wheeling flight of
the little creatures in the twilight,
their dusky forms, shroud like wings
and fiery eyes seem to league them with
the supernatural; but they are geIIer-
ally not only harmless but useful. They
are a scOurge TO insects of every kind,
from the mosquito upward, and some
OF the American Indians use them as
food. The big fruit bats of the Indian
peninsula are considered as great lUXu-
rIes by the natives.
a bat measuring two feet from tip to
tip must be formidable looking thing
TO encounter, and this Is the size of the
fruit eating bats of the Amazon, 10
which the name of vampire" is often
given; but even these are harmless.
There is, however, a smaller species III
South America which does suck the
blood of many animals, including
human beings.
The mischief does not consist in tbs
quantity of blood abstTacted by the BAT
itself, but in the far greater flow froH
the triangular punctuTe after the with
drawal OF the aggressor. 1t has beeI
objected by obstinate unbelieveTs that
no one has ever seen the wound in
tlicted; but, considering that the ba
only cites in darkness, the proof Upol
which these skeptics insist is not easill
oDtaInable.
The curious feature in the bats bite
Says a recent traveller, Is that it !:
hardly ever felt, even when the person
attacked is awake.
1 myself had remarkable illustra-
tion of this, and stood with a man wht
was remarking that he could 10
understand how people always got $,
unaccountably bitten, though willis
he was actually making this remark
in the dusk, a bat was sucking one o.
his toes, as was evidenced by the bat
being seen by me and himself to flute
away, whilst the mans toe, to hi
great surprise, was found to be bleeding
severely.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
Old Fashioned Tooth Pulling

| remember having a tooth pulled
once by the old doctor. His wife seated
herself in chair, and placed me on the
door with my head clasped between her
knees. Then the doctor brought out
his turnkey-which WAS constructed
somewhat like one of the levers with u
movable hooIaused for the rolling of
logs-and GShed from his pocket an old
bandana handkerchief, which had done
service for mouth, nose and perSplra
ton for month or two, and wadded
it about the handle or the machine.
This bundle he pushed III my mouth,
after having lanced the gums, and COM
merced working to get the end OF the
hook under the tooth. Having accom-
plished this, he began to grind on the
handle, and at the same moment the
old lady frightened her graso on my
head. The top of my head seemed
being pried Of, and all the marrow III
my bones seemed to lie pulled up in
strings toward my neck. Crack the
instrument slipped off. Again it was
fixed, and again the top of my head WAS
turned upward with a violent crash,
and again the reluctant marrow was
drawn out in strings. Three times did
the machine slip; the fourth trial was
made, the top OF my head was wTenched
entirely off, and the marrow in my
system, my boots, bones, and all, APP
peared to be drawn up with terrific
pull, and the molar was extracted.
1 pocketed the tooth, he pOcketed =
/ shilling, and then l left.
| 1t was not an uncommon occurrence
in those days for the doctor, when try
! ing to locate his hook beyond the space
| filed by tue handkerchief, to hitch on
| the wrong tooth, and to jerk out a
grinder in place of the real offender.
| In such case the sufferer TOOK it all
good naturediy, and underwent with
such endurance rs he could the cOrrec-
| ton of the blunder.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14

the gr1zzled old Sergeant Major himself

| Inc AldlOI
| In charge of the escort.
They were soon at McCarthy's.
81 am Mrs. Colonel Martinez - said
, the General, loftily. "You have one
of our officers here, wounded; can l
see him?"
"How is he now-how is heP'' gasped
Mary, and kind Mrs. MCCARTHY looked
close at her.
"'Deed an l do think he's better
some- / wudn't a-gIve two chips fur
his loif win they carried him, bud Pm
a good nurse, though say it as shudn't,
an a bit ov a dochter beside, an I've
got him alsy loik, an th' bIeedin'
stopped an he come till his cinces. >
"Can we see hIm?''
"Sure one on ye moight, eff ye'd not
excite him anyway an jist cheer him
up bit, fur he don't seem = try an
help himself th' Taste in the wourld. d"
A motion toward a door made Mary
dart through it before the General
had time to rise from her seat. Mrs.
Mccarthy Immediately placed herself
| in front of the sOor, and with:
"Only one, mem; | cudn' be ansher-
able fur th' gintleman's loif eff L left
| two weeTin In till he talkin' all to
wanst to him.
| with rage and Indignation.
Mary entered large room. and on
| the bed she saw the outlines of a figure;
the single candle gave but little light.
She drew near the motiOnless body,
very white and pinched the face looked,
| surrounded by the heavy beard and
| thick, black curls. The eyes were
closed. One hand was lying outside
on the cover. She took it between her
own trembling palms.
The man looked up, looked as though
he could not believe his senses.
"Maryl Mary! can this be youF Have
you really come to see me, or am
dreaming again?'' he whispered.
1T is me, Mary. Mr.. Moore-Frankl
[ came because L could not help 1t. j
felt that L must come, must see you.
And now l fear l have done very
wrong.''
you could never do wrong, Mary, .
he whispered hOarsely again. IN ever
in my eyes. YOur kind heart brought
you here to comfort me while l died.
But what did Vancamp say? Is he
with your"
"You are not going to die, Frank
and MI. Nancamp knows nothing OF
my coming"
lDdI SOA4 AAtN z eANNplCb nm L O1AN
you on the porch the night We left tn,
post. l turned at once away, but
saw him Kiss your hand and you per
mitted it,
YES, that is true," said Mary
with a deep blush. 81 cid accep
him--I didn't know. OIL that's i'm
possible now; it can never, never he.
"Mary, tell me what you mean, ,
gasped the PROSTATE man, in an agony
Il mean,'' she replied in kind o
desperation, "that no power on earti
or amount of fortune could make N,
marry MIR. Eancamp. l did not know
until 1 got your note and heard tina
you were wOunded-dying. L did nO
know; but L knew then that such
marriage could not be.n
why, Mary? Come here, and tel
) me why"
because, Frank, becauSe-oh! yo
must KNOW" and she hid her face o
the pillow beside his own.
Frank got well.
Vancamp resigned and got out.
The General got Mysteries and Il
satisfaction.
J The noble old Colonel got the son
iu-law he wanted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14
kerosene.

The lowest safe point of kerosene oil
is one hundred degrees; for domestic
use it ought not TO be lower than one
hundred and twenty degrees. To test
it, put small quantity in a saucer or
TIN vessel and float it in water heated
to one hundred degrees. Apply ligh-
ted match an inch or so above the kero-
sene, and if it takes fire it is dangerous.
The flashing point may be found by
noting the temperature with a ther-
mometer as il falls. 1t has recently
beea proposed to prevent petroleum
fires by placing bottle of ammonia in
each barrel of oil; on ignition. by acci-
dent or otherwise, the bottle would
break, and the effect of the ammonia
cal vapors would be to extinguish the
fires.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14

The large, prominent eyes Of the
brilliant dragon flies or devils darning
needles are each furnished with %, 900
polished lenses.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-12

Nr President ani Gentlemen Of the Jackslnlan
Cuhalu the rndNavof to disrhsrgo the pleasing duty
assigned me this evening of prcsrnung. our good
lHcnd, who has been scycfvly stricken ~ disunse
Congratulate no club that ~ FIRST public act loves
the strength Of an oWanlmuon bascd upon the
hruad principle ~ The most good u uo most pco.
pie" The human heart, In ell ngcs ana nations,
hHs been ever ready 10 respond with . Eeuenluf apa
Irlval ~ poiAlstrnt effort aud houmable ambition.
maintained by the courage OF honest cnntt lions
fi pnrp Intentions aud ] am not cognifnht ~ ANY
lent Of the past whluh 10 mOrv q 'foic 81 this
nj attribute NJ man than the Hmnd ovation
A tonight By the citingna OF fivmrhls "
no az DE faithful services ~ our disiiu
HlrH. whom now prrrnt 10 you, The
b. iiaddcn, president vi The honirhh
IUI